Ulster teen credited with averting N.C. shooting on MySpace

KINGSTON - An Ulster County teenager’s report to the sheriff’s office last week spurred police to discover evidence and plans by a North Carolina juvenile for a school shooting.

A local 16-year-old girl called the sheriff’s office after a disturbing MySpace chat-room conversation with a 15-year-old boy. The boy told the girl he was planning an attack at Brevard High School in Brevard, N.C., according to a news release from the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office. The boy also referred to a shooting in Greensboro, N.C., in 1979 and the Ku Klux Klan and said he was the Grand Dragon.

Ulster authorities tracked down the North Carolina boy’s identity and contacted the Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office in that state. After an investigation, police said the boy said he intended to follow through with the attack. Police also found evidence and plans for the attack. The names of both subjects are being withheld.

Ulster Sheriff Paul Van Blarcum urged all parents to monitor computer activity and to report suspicious communications to the police.